Hi I have recently joined this female dominated cancer world I have had mastectomy followed by lymph node clearance joined optima trial so skipped chemo and went onto radiotherapy for 5 days and tamoxifen daily. Pain scale: Biopsy 8-10 Mastectomy 3-10 Lymph node clearance 3-10 Radiotherapy 1-10 This is a really hard cancer if you happen to be a gentleman sat in waiting rooms listening to woman talking about there treatments but it is the only way a male can find out the pitfalls of treatments and i would like to thank and apologize for listening in because without this there is nothing out there for males! We are told dont go on internet at clinics but how on earth can you find something or someone to talk to,i personally felt like i had been pushed of a cliff as i could not find a solution having contacted a charity and the internet is all about female led questions. I mentioned this to a consultant and his nurse came up trumps with a male support network at Breast Cancer Now , so any males looking for advise ,support look at this charity because there is nothing out there for males and when you find a post it is usually years old . Thank you
Hi, mine is in the breast area, not the arm, and I have had it since finishing radiotherapy in Nov 2021. I've been told it's never going to completely go away as the radiotherapy did the damage. Honestly I think the side effects to radiotherapy are not that well talked about. Anyway, like tiredminion, I have a ridge at the bottom of my breast and a more general large area of swelling at the top. I have another referral now as we have some sort of new machine (?) at our cancer centre, so am there in a few weeks to see if that helps. Best of luck
